**Announcing 2020 Visiting Artists Workshops Hosted by the Chestnut Group**
Visiting Artists Workshops are an AWESOME member benefit for great instruction
from nationally recognized artists at a DISCOUNTED rate, right here at home.
As a benefit of membership the workshop fees are below normal rates and all fees are
applied solely to the artist expenses and any expenses we incur. This is not a fundraiser for
the Chestnut Group; it is a bonus perk for being a member so don’t pass it by!
SOLD OUT!!!
Kathie Odom
“Contagious Plein Air!”
June 10-12, 2020
Join Kathie for this three day oil painters workshop and allow her to help you find excitement and a greater comfort level painting outside. Find answers like What location do I choose? How do I start? When should I stop? Should I take photos? The sun is moving and colors are changing and I don’t know what to do next! All this and much more with boots on the ground and brush in hand in the great state of Tennessee!
Kathie was born, raised and educated in Tennessee. Kathie’s high school art teacher, her mentor and inspiration, offered her a vision that still lives on today.
After graduating from The University of Tennessee in Art Education and Fine Arts, Kathie received early recognition for pastel works in the 1982 Dogwood Arts Festival. But it was 2009 when her artistic endeavors seem to soar, setting her on course for a career as an oil painter.
She proudly paints weekly with an enthusiastic plein air community and travels extensively participating in plein-air events. Her original works can be seen in some of the finest galleries in the south, namely Leiper’s Creek Gallery. Kathie has sold internationally and has received many awards and honors.
View more of Kathie’s art at kathieodom.com
“There is something magical about creating beauty! Maybe it’s because the magic originates from some place deep within me, or maybe I was simply shaped to be this way. No matter what, it feels like a new-found love, or an old love, rediscovered.” (artist statement)
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Richard Oversmith
“Painting the Impressionist Landscape”
October 8-10, 2020
This workshop is designed for students to improve their landscape painting skills. Our goal at the end of the three days will be to paint with more confidence and with clear intent. Working on canvasses with large brushes will help students focus on the bigger shapes of a composition. Emphasis will be put on paint application, value, edges, color harmony and simplifying a composition to create paintings that have unity.
Richard received formal training in Fine Art and Illustration at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan. While at Kendall he was invited to study at the Royal College of Art in London, England. There he gained experience in plein air painting and found direction in his work as an oil painter.
The natural beauty of Western North Carolina, where Richard resides, has proven to offer infinite inspiration for Richard’s impressionistic landscapes. From rolling mountains to abundant waterfalls, the majestic Biltmore Estate to a simple farm scene, this region evokes the artist’s muse. Richard finds inspiration not only at home but in his many travels. He has painted all over the USA and has taken several trips overseas to France and Itlay. Whether at home or abroad, Richard surrounds himself in the elements of the scene while painting, in true “en plein air” fashion. In the studio, his sense of vision and mood guide him to produce still lifes ranging from the classic to the imaginative.
Richard’s purpose in painting is to provoke the viewer to interact with his pieces. His paintings are his voice, and stroke by stroke, he composes a whole that relates his vision. Richard works in oil on linen, a medium compatible with the passion he puts into his creation. He strives to achieve a mood in every painting through the use of such visual stimuli as color, edges, value and drawing. He has derived his style from the lifelong study of past masters, the influence of contemporary painters he admires, and elements that have evolved from deep within himself. He allows the setting to speak to him, creating only as many brushstrokes as are needed for the viewer’s eyes to understand and connect.
View more of Richard’s paintings at richardoversmith.com